Background
Pearson, one of the principal patrons of the turf in, was the eldest son of Captain Hugh Pearson, Registered Nurse, of Hilton, parish of Kilmany, Fife, Scotland, and was born at Hilton. His mother was Helen, née Littlejohn.
Pearson, one of the principal patrons of the turf in, was the eldest son of Captain Hugh Pearson, Registered Nurse, of Hilton, parish of Kilmany, Fife, Scotland, and was born at Hilton. His mother was Helen, née Littlejohn.
Pearson was educated at Edinburgh High School, went to sea and became third officer on an East Indiaman in 1838.
The Honorary
Arriving in Adelaide in the John Cooper Victoria in March 1841, Pearson travelled overland to the Portuguese Phillip District and commenced squatting in Gippsland, taking up the Lindenow station on the Mitchell river, and after that Kilmany Park, near the junction of the Latrobe and Thomson rivers. Pearson was returned to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as member for North Gippsland November 1864 to December 1867. He also represented the Eastern Province in the Victorian Legislative Council from August 1881 (winning a by-election) to November 1882, then Gippsland Province until August 1893.
He was the largest shareholder in the famous Long Tunnel gold mine, Walhalla.
At Grassdale, Gippsland, Pearson married on 4 August 1859 Eliza Laura, daughter of H. J. Travers, formerly of the East India Company Civil Service. Pearson died in East Street Kilda, Victoria.